First Commonwealth Financial Corporation is a financial services company based in

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, primarily serving the

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and

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as well as Canton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio. First Commonwealth has long served the Central Pennsylvania region, but began aggressively expanding into the Western part of the state in the early 2000s (decade), particularly

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. In 2016, the bank purchased several Ohio-based banks growing its footprint. It is currently the fifth-largest bank in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area behind PNC Financial Services,

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, and privately held

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. First Commonwealth is one of the few stronger banks that did not accept TARP funds in 2008.

References

External links

First Commonwealth official website
First Commonwealth footprint 2010-08

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